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Recent research has found that walking regularly can help improve memory, attention, and decision-making, and even reduce the risk of cognitive decline. The Boston Roybal Center (RALI Boston) and Lifespan Lab at Brandeis University are looking for individuals ages 60 and above to take part in a one-month study investigating the use of a walking app to increase physical activity.

Digital Health company Beneufit announces a comprehensive set of tools that help People with Parkinson’s (PwP) become more compliant with complex medication regimens and provide insight into the relationship between the medication’s dose/timing and its effect on motor control symptoms.

Although research is limited in this area, a 2003 study published in Archives of Neurology showed that three quarters of those with Parkinson’s disease will likely develop dementia within 8 years of diagnosis. Symptoms of dementia include memory loss, disorientation, difficulty with language and inability to recognize people among others.

Beneufit, Inc., a digital health company whose pdFIT™ service combines physical exercise with biofeedback in an effort to improve the physical symptoms of Parkinson's disease, announces their "Improvement, Guaranteed" program. This first-of-a-kind guarantee correlates compliance with their service with an improvement in users’ finger tapping test (circeTap™) scores. Subscribers who use pdFIT™ as recommended by Beneufit and do not improve their circleTap scores within 6 months will receive the service free of charge.

Beneufit, Inc, a digital health company that combines disease-specific software with mobile devices and data analytics to improve patient outcomes announced that Ken Kubota, former Director of Data Science for the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research (MJFF) has joined Beneufit’s advisory board to provide strategic guidance on measuring Parkinson's disease symptoms with mobile devices and sensors.

They are bringing various tracking devices including Beneufit's pdFIT™ app to track symptoms along the way. The Beneufit team modified the app for their use so they could collect test results along the way in less than ideal conditions.